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A few weeks after the October 27 legislative elections in Israel, a new generation of Israelis are preparing to go to the polls for the first time since Hamas carried out the 2023 attack. According to surveys, the young vote in Israel is 74% on the right or right center, which contrasts with the Western youth, who are mostly on the left.
On Friday, October 9, the Brazilian police rescued 13 children who were held hostage for about three hours at a school in the city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil, local authorities reported.
The mobilization of high school students is a matter of concern at the highest levels of government, according to 'Le Parisien'. While noting that it is difficult to calculate the numbers of demonstrators, the movement has spread nationally.'Le Monde 'publishes an interview of the politologist Vincent Tiberj, who points out that the French government's condescence towards students shows a refusal to take them seriously as citizens.
About 130 million Brazilians belong to "Class C," a segment of families with monthly income of between $487 and $2,100. Between 2003 and 2010, this group voted massively for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hoping to access a home of its own or to ensure that its children entered the university.
The United Arab Emirates reported on October 1 that it opened an investigation to determine whether the incident that forced a Flydubai aircraft to Tel Aviv to land an emergency in Saudi Arabia one day earlier was linked to a "terrorist activity or intention." According to the Israeli authorities, the co-pilot reportedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the aircraft. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of the Jewish majority State, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated, although not showing evidence, that the aggressor had received "radical Islamist indoctrination."
In less than 24 hours, Hurricane Polo went from a category 1 to category 5 storm, one of the strongest in the Pacific Ocean in recent decades. Although it is far from the Mexican coast, strong waves and winds could cause serious damage. President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the hurricane is not expected to touch land, but to pass near Aztec territory, so sudden floods and landslides could occur.
Humanity is becoming aware that Artificial Intelligence, a technology that can escape the control of its creators and focus it on extinction
